Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines November 7, 2008
By David Badertscher, PLL
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<p><font size="2"><strong>Source: </strong><em>NLJ.com, </em>November 7, 2008.</font></p>
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High court urged to reject Bush administration on key asylum issue </a></b></font><br/><font size="2"><font color="#333333">"The U.S. Supreme Court, in a case with significant implications for the increasing number of aliens forced by rebel groups and military governments into persecuting others upon threat of death or serious injury, was urged recently to reject the Bush Administration's position that federal immigration law makes no allowance for, and thus denies asylum to those aliens." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- November 7, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRYTUQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVA" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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A corporate investigations attorney talks about sophisticated entities, and whether they're victims</a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"During his 12 years as a federal prosecutor in Chicago, Patrick Collins tried, and won, 20 criminal cases, among the most notable, the conviction of former Illinois Governor George Ryan. Collins joined the corporate investigations practice at Perkins Coie's Chicago office in March 2007, just about when the subprime mortgage market began unraveling into the economic crisis that dominated the presidential campaign. We asked him if he is seeing any courtroom trends developing from the credit meltdown. "</font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- November 7, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRYTUQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVB" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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Director of SEC's Division of Corporate Finance to rejoin Cravath </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"John W. White, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's director of the Division of Corporation Finance, will rejoin New York's Cravath, Swaine & Moore as a partner in 2009. As director, White led one of the most significant and prolific rulemaking periods in the division's history, in addition to playing an integral role in the SEC's response to recent market events." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- November 7, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRYTUQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVC" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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Calif.'s 'suspected child abusers' list violates due process, 9th Circuit rules </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"California's use of a list of "suspected child abusers" violates constitutional due process protections because those identified are given no fair opportunity to challenge the claims and get off the list, a federal appeals court held on Wednesday." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- November 7, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRYTUQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVD" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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Policy wonks, practitioners and more
meet the lawyer on the Obama-Biden transition team </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"A mix of policy wonks, private practitioners, academics, public officials and business leaders
meet the lawyers on the Obama-Biden Transition Project. Two of the three co-chairs have law degrees, one with strong ties to the president-elect and the other with deep roots in government service"</font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- November 7, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRYTUQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVSR" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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Milwaukee firm to pick up two state judges</a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">Gass Weber Mullins, a Milwaukee boutique litigation firm, will add two former state judges to its roster by January. Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Michael Brennan will join the firm next month, and Judge John Franke will start in January, the firm said. </font><br/><br/></font></p><!-- This ad should show on this page from Friday, October 31, 2008 10:00 AM PT to Friday, November 07, 2008 9:59:59 AM PT. This message was last updated: 11/6/2008 10:01:30 AM PT. FOR AGENT USE ONLY: a=4639,k=33821,c=716,s=865,kw=5,t=11/6/2008 10:01:30 AM --><!--adID=4639--><!--adImgDir="/img/a_d_z/"-->
